DAILY UPDATE: Sidelines Awash with Cash in Up Markets

By Staff Reporters

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There’s almost $6 trillion of cash sitting on the sidelines in money-market funds, with the potential for some portion of it to be reallocated into “carefully selected risk assets.”

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This is according to Ali Dibadj, chief executive of London-based Janus Henderson Investors, which had $308.3 billion in assets under management as of September. About $187.9 billion, or 61%, of that was in equity strategies.

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Here’s where the major benchmarks ended:

  • The S&P 500 index was up 26.83 points (0.6%) at 4,594.63, up 0.8% for the week; the Dow Jones Industrial Average® (DJI) was up 294.61 points (0.8%) at 36,245.50, up 2.4% for the week; the NASDAQ Composite was up 78.81 points (0.6%) at 14,305.03, up 0.4% for the week.
  • The 10-year Treasury note yield was down about 14 basis points at 4.213%.
  • The CBOE® Volatility Index (VIX) was down 0.27 at 12.65.

Friday’s gains followed the market’s strongest month of the year, as the S&P 500 and NASDAQ surged 8.9% and 10.7% in November, respectively, their best monthly performances since July 2022. Among sectors, the KBW Regional Bank Index (KRX) jumped 5.3% Friday, and retail shares were also among the top gainers.

Shares of smaller companies extended a recent rally as the small-cap-focused Russell 2000® Index (RUT) gained 3.1% for the week and ended at a 2-1/2-month high.

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SEC: Money Market Fund Reforms

RICHARD CAYNE

By Staff Reporters

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  • SEC money market fund reforms: On July 12, 2023 the SEC released new rules intended to decrease the risk of runs on money market funds (MMFs). MMFs must charge liquidity fees if their daily net redemptions exceed 5% of their net assets, or if their boards deem it necessary, and must maintain a liquidity buffer of at least 25% of their total daily assets and at least 50% of their weekly assets. MMFs are also no longer allowed to use “gates” to temporarily suspend redemption!
  • CITE: https://www.r2library.com/Resource

    Goes into effect:
    60 days after the rule is published in the Federal Register.

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